By Karla Mendes A traditional food source for Amazonian communities, freshwater turtles have been included in Brazil’s list ...

A prolonged drought and heat wave in September 2023 turned lakes in Brazil’s Amazonas state into “shallow simmering basins” with water temperatures above 40ºC — hot enough to kill more than 200 ...

Brazil has listed the six-tubercled Amazon River turtle as endangered for the first time after populations declined by more ...

ALTO ILA, Ecuador (AP) — On a recent journey into the Ecuadorian Amazon jungle, Ramón Pucha realized he was being trailed. Fresh puma tracks now lined the path alongside his own footprints. Unfazed, ...

In recent decades, the Amazon Rainforest has repeatedly and increasingly been struck by devastating drought along with record heat due to climate change. Add to this record wildfires, rapid ...